Mobile operators are changing their network strategies. Some now lease aerial
sites from third parties or share facilities with other operators. This report
examines how these changes create new opportunities in the wholesale market.
Table of Contents
Key messages
Expanding the range of wholesale infrastructure services
Defining the mobile network
Regulatory developments
Network options for mobile operators
Advantages and disadvantages of each option
Mobile tower leasing companies
Definition
Composition of tower rental prices
Differentiation strategy
Competition
Challenges
Players
Mobile lease towers: mergers and acquisitions
Trends
Mobile network-sharing agreements
Definition
Types of network-sharing agreements
Composition of prices for tower-sharing agreements
Challenges
Examples of mobile network agreements
A new way to structure mobile assets
Additional trends
Table of figures
Figure 1: Mobile network
Figure 2: Responsibilities for different types of MVNO
Figure 3: Mobile network options
Figure 4: Mobile network ownership versus mobile network options
Figure 5: Accumulated sum of mobile towers/rooftops acquired
